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I’ve recently started a traditional writing blog to accompany this blog, a Tumblelog-Hybrid, I’ve had for over a year. Since I did so, I find myself imagining topics for new blogs … it’s getting ridiculous! They are so much work.Still, I don’t know if keeping multiple blogs is such a bad idea. I’m [...]
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It’s the End of “the Blog” as We Know it and I Feel Fine
It’s so much fun having a tumblelog. I’ve always been one to post too often but with this format, that’s par for the course: the more the better. I used to write long, drawn out posts. I recall a [...]
Get Gravatars on your WordPress Blog in 1 step
No plugin required! Just one copy/paste in your comments.php file will make gravatars miraculously show up ( for commenters that have gravatar accounts) 1 step:
Directly before: <?php comment_text() ?>
paste:
<?php
if ( !empty( $comment->comment_author_email ) ) {
$md5 = md5( $comment->comment_author_email );
$default = urlencode( [...]
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I’ve installed the Theme Switcher plugin and now readers can select in the sidebar dropdown menu from my collection of themes the one they prefer. My wife tells me that it “remembers” the selection in the cache so every time you return to my blog it keeps the theme you selected. This is [...]
I woke up this morning with the sole desire to do nothing other than create my own theme. Guess what? With the help of the SandBox theme, my wife’s PhotoShop skills, and a SandBox skin called Butterfly, I achieved my goal!
If you have struggled with themes and found they don’t always perform the [...]
The blogger over at Writing Aspirations makes some hefty points about blogging in 2007. Some I agree with, and some I am on the fence about. At any rate, it inspired me to share my history with the internet and writing, it’s been a long road that some bloggers might find helpful, if [...]
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